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Bastards.

I have a 30ft flagpole in back yard courtesy of the previous owners. Normally I fly a Stars and Stripes and Union Flag from it. All is well. Last night we had a gathering of English friends at our house so, for the evening, we flew the Union Flag and a St Georges Cross.

This morning I have a had a merry half hour with the local nazis - sorry HOA - on my doorstep demanding I dont do that again....if I insist on flying another nation's flag (they tell) me I must have the Stars and Stripes above it and under NO circumstances can I fly one without it. "Oh Im sorry" says I, "We had some friends round. I'll go fix it right away".

Off I trot and switch the flags back and come back to them nazis, who turn round and say "We dont care if you have friends from Swizterland round you cant fly their flag without the Stars and Stripes"....Switzerland? Er its a St Georges Cro.....never mind.

Bastards.

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HOA ???

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**** em! I'm so sick of HOA's. Roll on march 31st when I no longer have to deal with them.

Is there seriously something in the HOA paper work that forbids another flag?

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Home owners association. AKA local nazis.

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You've yet to discover the joys of home ownership I take it?

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For the correct manner about how to display/raise/lower, etc. the Stars and Stripes, read this:

http://www.senate.gov/reference/reso...df/RL30243.pdf

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Indeedy - the OH takes care of all of that :o

Anyway, back to the matter in hand - I suggest that you play about with the f**kers.
Ask them where it states in their rules that the Stars and Stripes has to be flown with any other flag - if it doesn't them hoist a jolly rodger and tell them to go f**k themselves.

If they continue to complain shoot them in the face.

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What is soooo offensive about flying another nations flag, your home nation, on your own property? i would love to see someone start a HOA in blighty, not get too far me thinks! Busybodies with nothing better to do. Sad bastards :mad: :mad:

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Yup! They even showed me the covenants (they insisted even though I changed the flags) and there it is Section 1.13.12...

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I'd hazard a guess that you live in Florida. I'm probably telling you what you already know but Florida HOAs are notriously peopled entirely by bitter, bored and lonely old people who need a better hobby. This is such a cliche that was satirized repeatedly in Seinfeld ("Del Boca Vista Phase II").

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Fly a nice spring flag instead - mmm - lovely!!

What kind of no-life wankers go around auditing the flags? Just tell them that it isnt a national flag - they wont know any different.

Personally i would leave it and see what they do, i might try out our HOA and see how on their toes they are!

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What a bunch of sad f**kers.
We had problems last year when, with the temps in the 90's we had to get approval for a new a/c until to be fitted which was smaller than the old one :mad:

I don't seem to have a similar problem with my Union Jack mind you

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That is such an accurate statement.

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I was thinking that myself about telling them it was just a nice design, not a national flag.

How about hoisting a rainbow flag - see how they like them apples :)

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What ages were the people involved ???

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Just wait till St Georges Day...they wont be able to see my house for St George Crosses. Infact I'm going to paint a ferking big St George Cross on my front lawn.

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Shall we say, they were beyond their prime.

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F**k me, do they come round if you fart too loud too? i am so glad we don't have a HOA on my estate (but must double check with the missus just in case (might have to piss em off intentionally just to see who comes round and wants a piece of me!!! :mad: )) you should just get a stars and bars thats about 6" square, and fly it abouve whatever you want! Anyway didn't you say the pole was in your backyard, as it says something about poles in front yards if i remember right ......

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They do.

Correct about the pole. The previous owners had to fight a - wait for this - $10,000 dollar law suit against the HOA to keep the pole in the backyard!!!!


This is the (apparently non-offensive) version of my flag pole...

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Ha ha - classic - this has to be done :)

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Slightly OT i know, but are u on a well for your water AWP? if so do you have the stink water? do u use an aerator or what, need to hook something up, the smell is starting to get to me, managed to get a free aerator but need to know if they work before i shell out for a pump, bladder tank etc?

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No we're on city water here.

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If that's "slightly OT", I'd hate to see you go waaaaaay OT :rolleyes:

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K, cheers anyway, maybe you should fly a Nazi flag, make em feel at home an all! that should get a nice reaction!

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HAHAHHA.. I should've tried that when we lived down in Boca...the place was 90% Jewish

Actually the other house we are currently building is on a well...I'll check in with the builders if I remember what they are doing regarding the stinkwater (if anything)

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Wow !! you are allowed fences ...

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Well Im not sure...the previous owners put that up. Its 10 foot tall and the only one around for miles. I think they did it to protect the flagpole from unfortunate accidents.

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There is a reason I don't live in an HOA community. They're ALL nazis.

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I think you should mess with there heads why dont you creep out every hour and swap the flags around, that way just as they are gathering the troops to complain the flags will be back in their right full place. And how about getting a union jack that is bigger than the US flag and occasionally flying that out there and then swapping it back. If they knock on your door you can tell them they need to visit their optician.

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Thats crazy. Was planning on flying the st geroge's cross for the world cup, will have to see what happens here in TN

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I know, but i saw the bit about having to have water softeners etc. hidden and it reminded me! My fingers just started typing, i had no control over them! ala Evil Dead! ;) :D

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Now your onto something here...

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Yes. Our next abode shall not be. Infact right now Im tempted to move into the house we are building to sell...its on acreage and not in an HOA community.

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Are there enough expats to force a petition to amend the bylaws?

What about all those stinkin seasonal flags that people hang up? I didn't read your HOA covenants, are only country flags banned?

I guess things could get interesting if one person starts flying the Israeli flag and another an Arabic country's flag........

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Where in Nashville are you?

I will be able to give you an indication

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It actually states non-offensive state or national flags. I bet someone would complain that an Arabic flag was offensive.

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Well Bob's yer patriotic uncle then. The Brits are our allies in the war on terror, even being so kind as to fabricating false evidence so we could go bomb Saddam.

You're lucky -- the list of allies in Iraq is impressively short.

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Somehow I'm guessing there will be covenants barring that also. :rolleyes:
Were these HOA rules not made available to you prior to closing, or are they new covenants just voted on?

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A mix of old and new apparently.

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Although HOAs can be a real pain ...they do serve a good purpose overall
and now Herr Barney and I have an understanding things are much improved...